tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128732012-04-15T17:53:33.733-05:00SpinsterLibrarian.netI'm a library science student who also runs a small library in a residence hall.
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Yahoo:SpinsterLibrarianKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comBlogger621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1124208962377273802005-08-16T10:38:00.000-05:002005-08-16T11:16:02.430-05:00"See, Dad, my French degree isn't completely useless after all!" Bernard Pivot Putain! You are 81% fluent in French slang ! You are the fucking master of French swearing. Chances are you spent asignificant amount of time living in a French-speaking country ! My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:You scored higher than 44% on conneries Link: The Obnoxious French Slang Test written by megascargot on Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1102634784432176272004-12-09T17:24:00.000-06:002004-12-09T17:26:24.433-06:00Who knew? Innovation in BFEBaskets serve as mini libraries
By Dr. Stanley Melburn Campbell
With minimal fanfare the Poseyville Carnegie Public Library in the small rural town of Poseyville, Indiana opened a mini library in the Poseyville dental office of Doctor Alesia Brown on December 8, 2004. Although the dental office is just a few blocks down the street from the library, the staff anticipates a significant turn aroundKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1090252366257567832004-07-19T10:52:00.000-05:002004-07-19T10:52:46.256-05:00On a lighter note...The SinghsonsKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1090250420492908272004-07-19T10:03:00.000-05:002004-07-19T10:20:20.493-05:00Where is this generation's Woodward and Bernstein?This morning on NPR, Juan Williams was interviewing Donald Rumsfeld, and asked him about the possibility of restarting the draft. Rumsfeld BS'ed a bit and then qualified his answer by saying something to the effect of, "If you ask me personally - personally, I don't think that that is going to happen." But what if he was asked OFFICIALLY?! This was not some Barbara Walters interview, getting Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1090181160215979162004-07-18T15:01:00.000-05:002004-07-18T15:08:47.076-05:00Get rid of electronic junkDetails here.
Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1089587122098751242004-07-11T17:35:00.000-05:002004-07-11T18:05:22.100-05:00On the road again...After many weeks, and a few hundred dollars, my Honda Civic is back on the road. Jeff, our new mechanic, replaced the cap and rotor - which had gone bad, the timing belt - which was waaaay past when it should have been replaced, and gave her a tune up. He dropped the car off today while I'm working circ at the university, and I cannot wait to drive her home. She's a good little car, it's just Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1089044554600611652004-07-05T11:20:00.000-05:002004-07-11T17:35:24.050-05:00Literature Abusers AnonymousAre You a Literature Abuser?
Take this test and find out! How many of these apply to you?
- I have read fiction when I was depressed, or to cheer myself up.
- I have gone on reading binges of an entire book or more in a day.
- I read rapidly, often 'gulping' chapters.
- I have sometimes read early in the morning or before work.
- I have hidden books in different places to sneak a chapter Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1088549192009997732004-06-29T17:45:00.000-05:002004-06-29T17:46:32.010-05:00And so it begins...J.K. Rowling has released the title of the next Harry Potter bookKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1087227792911519872004-06-14T10:42:00.000-05:002004-06-14T10:43:12.910-05:00Wacky Utah baby namesKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1086444207782972192004-06-05T08:53:00.000-05:002004-06-05T09:03:27.783-05:00Apparently, the fashion pendulum is swinging back to more modest styles this fall. This is a good thing, but I don't know if I like that the librarian stereotype is being invoked...Shoppers are starting to see higher waistlines and lower hemlines, and tweeds, fitted blazers and layers are expected to be big this fall, Schanen said.
"It's kind of like a sexy take on a librarian," she said. "I Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1085840614662813172004-05-29T09:19:00.000-05:002004-05-29T09:23:34.663-05:00Save money, and support the ALAWith this coupon, you can get 10% off at Borders, and they will give 10% to the ALA. Good only June 4th through 6th. Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1085838838078889332004-05-29T08:31:00.000-05:002004-05-29T08:53:58.076-05:00Weekend LibrarianToday, one of the campus police officers at the university called me "the weekend librarian." Until I find a full-time job, I guess that's exactly what I am - grad student during the week, librarian on the weekend. The money is pretty good, and if I can get enough hours, I can pay the bills; but once I graduate in August, and certainly by the time the student loans kick in six months after thatKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1085011005517487112004-05-19T18:54:00.000-05:002004-05-19T18:56:45.516-05:00"We're heading into the silly season."I missed it, but Nancy "Action Figure" Pearl was on NPR the other day giving her recommendations of the best political fiction. Check it out! (pun intended)Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1085010280882661372004-05-19T18:40:00.000-05:002004-05-19T18:44:40.883-05:00What religion are you?I attend a Unitarian Universalist church...well, here in Indiana it's a church, but apparently in Texas it's not.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1084747094404165992004-05-16T17:36:00.000-05:002004-05-16T17:47:04.996-05:00Libraries old and new...Alexandrian rediscovered: "Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning."
The new Seattle Central Library: Check out this slideshow. (NYT login may be required)Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1084745488072177482004-05-16T15:47:00.000-05:002004-05-16T17:11:28.073-05:00Is blogging a crime? In Puteaux, France they seem to think so...This is the first instance that I have ever heard of where writing a blog has gotten someone in trouble with the law...
The original post in French
A blog entry about it in English.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1084216406817251702004-05-10T13:43:00.000-05:002004-05-10T14:13:26.816-05:00Back home again...Saturday, I moved from Bloomington back home. There was only one casualty, my air conditioner. When the maintenance man had installed it, he simply clamped it in the window and sealed it up with duct tape. While I was carrying some boxes to the truck, my stepmom-to-be, Joyce, and my sister, Christine, decided to take the air conditioner out of the window. They stripped off the duct tape, and Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1083444570088051972004-05-01T15:49:00.000-05:002004-05-01T15:52:37.966-05:00Drunk with power...I have a Gmail invitation to give away...everyone that I know wants one...what to do, what to do...
More info on GmailKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1083247422304850662004-04-29T09:03:00.000-05:002004-04-29T09:06:48.543-05:00Why Gmail is going to put Hotmail and the like out of business...Gmail:"You are currently using 2 MB (0%) of your 1000 MB."Hotmail: Mailbox usage: 89% of 2 MB. Almost out of space.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1083181391544732922004-04-28T14:43:00.000-05:002004-04-28T14:46:16.483-05:00NYU student who can't afford housing sleeps in library for eight months
Strangely enough, I had discussed the possibility of a person doing this sort of thing at IU with Todd...Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1083005780960344872004-04-26T13:56:00.000-05:002004-04-26T13:59:23.700-05:00Dungeons & Dragons is 30 years old this yearKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1082671073423730992004-04-22T16:57:00.000-05:002004-04-22T17:00:52.246-05:00Our congressman tried to carry a 9mm handgun on a plane. Sadly, this will probably strengthen his support in our conservative, gun-loving area, rather than get him voted out, which he so richly deserves, for numerous other reasons.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1082577476205185602004-04-21T14:57:00.000-05:002004-04-21T15:00:53.920-05:00I now have a Gmail account. I'm going to start phasing out my Hotmail and Yahoo accounts and use only Gmail since it has such incredibly large storage capacity. My school email account will end later this year, but I still have the one at the university. Basically, by the end of the year, I hope to be down to two email accounts total instead of the five I currently have.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1082400304524017662004-04-19T13:45:00.000-05:002004-04-19T13:48:00.530-05:00From Howard Stern show transcript, March 30, 2004:Caller Tom says he was kicked out of public library in Ohio for looking at the HowardStern.com website. Caller Tom says the librarian told him that Howard's website is a pornographic website.I'll bet she told John Ashcroft about it too.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412873.post-1082345941126990722004-04-18T22:39:00.000-05:002004-04-18T22:41:56.420-05:00The Library is a strip club in Las Vegas. Somehow I don't think that they have MLSs...Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001852000996595482noreply@blogger.com